Through the Teacher's Word, No One Is Defeated

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

Through the Guru's Word no one is defeated, and even the Word itself comes as a gift.

Gur kaa bachan pargat sansaar — the Guru's Word is shown to the whole world. Gur kai bachan na aavai haar — through it, no one is defeated.

Then the last line. Jis jan ho-ay aap kirpaal. naanak satgur sadaa da-i-aal — says Nanak, the True Guru is always kind to the one the One blesses with mercy. So the whole song rests, in the end, on mercy. The Word reaches those the One has favored. Think of sunlight coming through a window. You did not make the sun. You only opened the curtains. Even the Word that lasts forever is a gift.